Politics

Belarusian opposition politician and former banker Viktor Babariko received 14 years in prison. He was considered one of the opponents of Alexander Lukashenko. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Belarusian "Radio Liberty".

The foreign military order must leave Afghanistan before a well-defined withdrawal date. One of the representatives of the Taliban movement Suheil Shahin said in an interview with the British BBC.

According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Lukashenko's statements «about the smuggling of weapons from Ukraine to Belarus» will not pass any fact-checking.

The US and NATO forces have left the largest airbase in Afghanistan, located in the city of Bagram. This was reported by the AFP agency with reference to the representative of the US Department of Defense.

The US Attorney General Merrick Garland has returned the moratorium on federal executions. The moratorium will remain in effect until the US Department of Justice reconsiders its approach to capital punishment.

Experts predict an attack by illegal armed groups on one of the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: "They want to take revenge"

Indigenous community of Canada and their supporters threw statues of the British Queens Victoria (1819-1901) and Elizabeth II in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from their pedestals, CBC reported.

This can happen if representatives of the Crimean Tatars get an opportunity to influence the process of governing the republic.

Heiko Mass plans to meet with his counterpart Zbigniew Rau and with representatives of the Belarusian diaspora.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, accompanied by several EC members, went to Ljubljana.

The kingdom again said that the ship acted in accordance with the norms of international law.

Communicating with citizens in the «Direct Line» format, Putin stressed that «vaccination makes sense», but he is against forcing it.

This was reported by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, June 30, citing sources.